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On January 12, 2014, [[BBC Radio 2]]'s ''[[Weekend Wogan]]'' premiered "Me and Liza", the [[lead single]] for ''[[Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright]]''.<ref name=RWLiza>{{Cite web|url=http://rufuswainwright.com/news/index.html#meandliza|title=Me and Liza Premiere This Sunday|accessdate=January 10, 2014|publisher=RufusWainwright.com|date=January 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03rm4dd|title=BBC Radio 2: With Eddi Reader and Gregory Porter: Music Played|accessdate=January 15, 2014|publisher=[[BBC Radio 2]]|date=January 12, 2014}}</ref> Wainwright's official website made the song available for streaming, via an embedded [[YouTube]] video, around the same time.<ref name=RWLiza/> Universal Music UK also made it available to stream on [[SoundCloud]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/universal-music-uk/rufus-wainwright-me-and-liza/s-5vc7R|title=Rufus Wainwright – Me and Liza|date=January 10, 2014|accessdate=January 13, 2014|publisher=[[SoundCloud]]}}</ref> The [[Single (music)|single]] was officially released on January 20, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/rufus-wainwright-confirms-new-single/|title=Rufus Wainwright confirms new single|accessdate=January 11, 2014|date=January 10, 2014|work=Entertainment Focus|publisher=Little Pip Digital|first=Pip|last=Ellwood}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rufuswainwright.com/news/index.html#meandlizaitunes|title=Me and Liza Available at iTunes Now!|date=January 20, 2014|accessdate=January 22, 2014|publisher=RufusWainwright.com}}</ref>
"Me and Liza" was heavily promoted in the United Kingdom. On January 17, [[BBC London 94.9]] included the song on its "Three Track Review".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nt8k4|title=Taxidermy, Tim Rice, Robert Lonsdale and The Three Track Review|date=January 17, 2014|accessdate=January 21, 2014|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> ''Weekend Wogan'' aired the track again, one week following its premiere.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03rm4lm|title=Chris Norman and the Stephen Ward cast|date=January 19, 2014|accessdate=January 21, 2014|publisher=BBC}}</ref> It also aired on [[BBC Radio Wales]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03sqw82|accessdate=February 6, 2014|publisher=[[BBC Radio Wales]]|title=Bethan Elfyn: 25/01/2014|date=January 25, 2014}}</ref> [[Graham Norton]]'s BBC Radio 2 program,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03s63rm|title=Graham Norton: With guests Russell Tovey and James Fleet|date=January 25, 2014|accessdate=January 29, 2014|publisher=BBC}}</ref> and [[BBC Radio 6]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03tcf99|title=Beaty Heart, King Tubby, Husky, Coves and Alton Ellis|date=February 2, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2014|publisher=[[BBC Radio 6]]}}</ref> In Canada, the single was included in new music rotations for [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s radio networks and streams from January 29 – February 9, including the [[CBC Radio 2]] roster and the "Adult Alternative" and "Canadian Songwriter" streams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2014/1/Rufus-Wainwright-to-Bastille-new-adds-on-CBC-Music-Jan27--Feb-9-2014|title=Rufus Wainwright to Bastille: new adds on CBC Music (Jan.27- Feb. 9, 2014)|date=January 28, 2014|accessdate=January 28, 2014|first=Mary-Anne|last=Korosi|publisher=[[CBC]]}}</ref> Rock 95, an independent radio station based in [[Central Ontario]], included "Me and Liza" on its "New Rock Hour" program.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ross|first=Craig|title=New Rock Hour Setlist Jan 19/14|url=http://www.rock95.com/announcers-blogs/new-rock-hour/new-rock-hour/2014/01/17/new-rock-hour-setlist-jan-19-14|publisher=Rock 95|accessdate=February 8, 2014|location=Barrie, Central Ontario|date=January 2014}}</ref> The Chilean radio station Duna 98.7 highlighted the song on their website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.duna.cl/musica/2014/02/07/rufus-wainwright-me-and-liza/|language=Spanish|accessdate=February 8, 2014|publisher=Radio Duna|location=Providencia, Santiago de Chile|first=Javiera|last=Hernández|date=February 7, 2014|title=Rufus Wainwright – Me and Liza}}</ref>
==Reception and charts==
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